Bolivians have been heading to the polls on Sunday to decide whether President Evo Morales and other leaders will remain in office.
Since his election in 2005, Morales has pushed through a new constitution and enacted a series of socialist reforms to aid the poor native population in the mountainous west. Sunday's recall vote which was requested by Morales is the latest in a series of showdown referenda between the socialist president and the country's wealthy provinces over regional autonomy. Since the beginning of the year, citizens in four provinces have voted for greater autonomy from the national government. Morales declared each vote unconstitutional and void.
(Deutsche Welle)
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